Among the speakers were City Councilors Sameer Kanal and Angelita Morillo, who reminded the crowd that centering the needs of immigrants and other marginalized communities who are being targeted by the administration should be the ultimate goal. As tens of thousands of people marched for roughly two miles downtown and over the Hawthorne and Morrison bridges, it served as a backdrop for Trump’s most recent attempts to federalize the National Guard and send them to Portland—ostensibly to help guard the ICE facility which has been the subject of mostly peaceful protests. One of the people donning an inflatable frog costume, who goes by the nickname Slurmit (apparently a play on Kermit), told the Mercury they thought the funny animal outfits were the perfect way to refute the federal government’s claims about Portland.
Author: Wm. Steven Humphrey
Published at: 2025-10-19 20:07:00
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